W.H. Bramble Airport, also known as Blackburne Airport, was an international

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on the east coast of the island of

Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ...

, a

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in the

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. It was named after Montserrat

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William Henry Bramble William Henry Bramble (October 8, 1901 – October 17, 1988), also known as Willy B, was a union leader and a political-party leader from Montserrat; from his Montserrat Labour Party, he was the first Chief Minister of the territory, serving ...

. The airport was destroyed in 1997 by an eruption of the nearby

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, which obliterated much of the southern part of the island. For several years after the disaster, Montserrat was only accessible by helicopter or boat, until July 2005, when the new Gerald's Airport (now

John A. Osborne Airport John A. Osborne Airport (Gerald's Airport until 2008) is a small airport located in the village of Gerald's on the island of Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. History Gerald's passenger terminal was dedicated in Fe ...

) was completed at the north end of the island (north of Saint Johns and south of Gerald's). The

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previously used by Bramble Airport, MNI, has now been transferred to the new airport. W. H. Bramble Airport was served by the following

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Montserrat Airways Montserrat Airways Ltd (MA LTD), trading as FlyMontserrat, is an airline with its headquarters at John A. Osborne Airport in Gerald's, Montserrat, British West Indies. The airline flies from Montserrat to and from Antigua, with their Britten N ...

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* occasionally

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